Special 60 Ancient Painting of Flowers and Birds Stamps (1969)
| Stamp SN | D060 |
| Stamp Name | Special 60 Ancient Painting of Flowers and Birds Stamps (1969) |
| Stamp Cat Standard | Special Stamps |
| Stamp Cat | Birds, Flowers, Calligraphy & Paintings |
| Issue date | 1969-10-09 |
| Suspersion date | |
| Dimension of stamps(mm.) | |
| Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.) | |
| Printer | Printing Bureau of the Ministry of Finance, Japan |
| Drawer | |
| Designer | |
| Photographer | Liu Pao-chin |
| Engraver | |
| Creative Director | |
| Sheet composition | 10×5 |
| Print color | |
| Process | Photogravure |
| Paper | Photogravure stamp paper |
| Back | |
| Perforation | 13 1/2 |
Description
Each stamp of this set features a masterpiece of flower and bird painting, selected from the Palace Museum collection. Their particulars are as follows：
1.00 Picture of Wild Flowers and Pheasants of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644 A.D.), by artist Lu Chih. The original painting is on paper measuring 58.7 × 146.4 cm.
2.50 Picture of Bamboos and Birds of the Sung dynasty (960-1279 A.D.), artist on known. The original painting is on silk, measuring 109.9 × 185 cm.
5.00 Picture of Flowers and Birds of the Sung dynasty, artist unknown. The original painting is on silk, measuring 74.3 × 136.8 cm.
8.00 Picture of Twin Cranes under Shade of Flowers by Jesuit lay brother G. Castiglione (1688-1766 A.D.), who came to Peking (now Peiping) in 1715 and served as court painter to three emperors of the Ching dynasty (1644-1911 A.D.).The original painting is on silk, measuring 93.1 × 170.7 cm.